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Analysis of splitting patterns from Stern-Gerlach magnetic deflection of supersonic molecular beams: application toM J -state-resolved deflection ofJ=2 atoms

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Measurements ofM J -state resolved Stern-Gerlach deflection patterns for the3 P 2 states of noble gas metastable atoms in supersonic beams are analyzed using a modification of the method originally worked out by Otto Stern. Velocity distribution breadth and beam collimation required to resolve theM J states are explored, and the modeling is improved by including variation in the field gradient along the deflected atomic trajectories.

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Weiser, C., Siska, P.E. Analysis of splitting patterns from Stern-Gerlach magnetic deflection of supersonic molecular beams: application toM J -state-resolved deflection ofJ=2 atoms. Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 10, 165–169 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01384850

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